Eveline Kolijn Artist Printmaker
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Eveline Kolijn was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 1962 from Dutch parents. She experienced an international childhood and has lived in France, Venezuela, Belgium, the Dutch Antilles, the Netherlands and Australia. In 1997 she immigrated with her family to Canada. She became a Canadian citizen in 2003.

She currently lives and works in Calgary, where she enjoys being involved with the local arts-community and experiencing the outdoors in the Rocky Mountains.

 

Education

  • 2008: Bachelor of Fine Arts (with distinction), Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • 1987: Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands.
 

Solo Exhibitions

  • Noösphere. Expression Graphics, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.A, 2010.
  • Biosphere. Integrating art, natural science and environmental awareness. Mon Art gallery, Curaçao, Netherlands-Antilles, June 2009.
  • Telus World of Science Creative Kids Museum, Artist's Space, Calgary, February 2009.
  • Organisms & Mechanisms, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, April 2009
  • Cranial Deltas. A lithographic Exploration. Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, October 2008.
  • Inspiration, Process and Print, the Palette Coffeehouse, Art Central, Calgary, January 2006.
 

Selected Exhibitions

  • ARTificial. Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta. September - October 29, 2011.
  • Art Ranch. Western Showcase exhibition, Calgary Stampede. Calgary, July 8-17, 2011.
  • 6th KIWA Exhibition. Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, March 29 - April 3, 2011.
  • Category: printmaking. Juried exhibition. WomanMade gallery, Chicago, Ill, 2010.
  • Ateliers of the Near Future. Stride Gallery, Calgary, 2010.
  • Intergraphia, Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, 2010.
  • 20/20 Vision, Artist Proof gallery, January, 2010.
  • Contexture: New Directions and Intersections in Printmaking, Untitled Art Society, Calgary 2010.
  • PROSPECTUS: New works from members of the Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists. Juried Exhibition. SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, 2009; Graff, centre de conception graphique, Montreal, Quebec, 2010; Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Ireland, 2010.
  • BiodiVersions_Biology and Design. Kasian Gallery, University of Calgary, November, 2009.
  • Mini Print International of Cadaqués. Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain, June 27 to September 15 and Galerie L'Etang d'Art in Bages, France, 2009.
  • Exchange Exhibition of Prints by Emerging Artists in Japan & Calgary 2009. University Hall, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan. 15th-28th June.
  • Biosphere. Integrating art, natural science and environmental awareness. Mon Art gallery, solo-exhibition, Curaçao, Netherlands-Antilles, 2009.
  • Creative Kids Museum, Artist's Space (solo-exhibition), Calgary, 2009.
  • Pipelines and Borderlines, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary Alberta and Expression Graphics Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois, 2009.
  • Juried Print-Exchange Exhibition, Grafisch Atelier Alkmaar, Alkmaar, the Netherlands, 2009.
  • Second Heritage Property Corporation Art Competition, Lougheed Building, Calgary, 2008 - 2009.
  • Pipelines and Borderlines, Oak Park Public Library gallery, Oak park, Illinois, U.S.A. and Calpulli Mogote Gallery, Universidad Autonomade Guerrero, Mexico, 2008
  • 1st International Printmaking Biennial-Istanbul 2008, Istanbul and Ankara, 2008-2009.
  • Open Submission Print Show, Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery, Limerick, Ireland, 2008.
  • BIMPE V, the Fifth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Federation Gallery and Dundarave Printshop, Vancouver, 2008.
  • Organisms & Mechanisms (solo-exhibition), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, 2008.
  • Thirtysix/twentyfour (solo-exhibition), Print-gallery 392, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, 2007.
  • Rosalind Franklin Exhibition, The Space, faculty of fine Arts, University of Calgary, 2007.
 

Professional Development

  • 2009-current: Extended Studies instructor, Alberta College of Art and Design.
  • 2010-current: Artist-educator with the Royal Conservatory of Canada's Learning Through the Arts program.
  • 2010: Learning Through The Arts training residency, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada. October 24- 28.
  • 2010: The Artist Ranch residency, for the Western Art Showcase at the Calgary Stampede 2011. Homeplace Ranch, Priddis, Alberta.
  • 2010: Printed with Peter von Tiesenhausen for Passages, A Celebration of the Bow, a Public Art Project in Calgary.
  • 2010: Visiting artist to Expression Graphics, Oak park, Illinois, U.S.A. Solo-exhibition, workshop, artist talk and production of Special Patrons print-edition. April 15-April 25.
  • 2009: Artist-mentor for "THIS IS MY CITY", an initiative by the City of Calgary, in which artists will guide homeless citizens in the process of artistic expression and developing projects for public display and/or performance throughout the year.
  • 2009: Artist-in residence at TELUS World of Science and Creative Kids Museum, January 19 - February 24, Calgary.
  • 2008: Attended workshop New Sciences/New Paradigms on science and creativity at the Pari Center for New Learning in Pari, Italy.
  • 2007: Collaboration with national award-winning poet Christian Bök. Eveline's visual ideas based on his proposal led him to write a new poem for a complete folio of prints.
 

Public Lectures

  • 2010: Speaker for Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, University of Calgary, January 29.
  • 2009: Parallel Paradigm shift in Art and Science. Panel presentation for UAAC/AAUC national conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, October 22-24.
 

Selected Reviews

  • Smith, Laurel. "An Ocean of Possibilities. Eveline Kolijn combines art and marine science in the foothills." FFWD Weekly, Jan 21- Jan 27 2010, Vol.15 No. 07:25
  • Hawke, Linda and Tarr, Paticia. "A Space for Art: Artist's Space at the Creative Kids Museum." Alberta Museums Review Vol.35 Issue 7. Fall 2009 (9-14).
  • Sibbald, Barbara. "Art is Science made clear." CMAJ o April 14, 2009; 180 (8)
 

Selected Publications

  • Kolijn, Eveline. "A Virus from Outer Space/ Un virus dans l'espace". RACAR, Revue d'art Canadienne/ Canadian Art Review, Vol. XXXIII 1-2 2008, 120 - 123.
  • Evelyn Kolijn." Filling Station Literary & Arts Magazine, Issue 4: 46 - 52.
  • Illustration for "DNA Poet Christian Bök gets his Words in a Twist." Dazed & Confused, Vol 2-issue77-september 2009. (66).
  • Cover illustration (front and back) for dANDdelion Magazine, issue 33.2 (Dec. 2007).
 

Selected Awards

  • Prins Bernhardt Culture Fund, travel and exhibition grant, Netherlands Antilles, 2009
  • Governor General's Academic Medal 2008, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary.
  • Heritage Property Corporation Art Competition, Landmark Group, Calgary, Finalist. (2007 & 2008); honorable mention 2008.
  • Print Portfolio Research Scholarship, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary (2008).
  • Kathleen and Russell Lane Canadian Art Award, The Calgary Foundation, Calgary. (2006)
  • Louise Mc Kinney Scholarship, Minister of Advanced Education, Alberta. (2006).
  • Innovative Print Project Scholarship, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary (2006).
  • Student Legacy Scholarship - 4th year, ACADSA, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary (2006).
 

Collections

  • Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles.
  • Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts (IMOGA), Turkey.
  • Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
  • University of Calgary, Calgary.
  • Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary.
  • Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.
 

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